COSTA MESA The 2017 OC Fair generated $9.2 million in profit despite a slight dip in attendance from last year, officials announced this week.

In total, the fair took in $34.5 million in revenue, an increase of $800,000 from 2016 spurred by concession sales and gate admissions, said Michele Richards, vice president of business development for the OC Fair & Event Center.

“There was a slight increase on weekends from $12 to $14,” Richards said of gate ticket prices, which added to the boost in earnings.

Concession prices are at the discretion of the vendor, but the Fair & Event Center does receive a percentage of sales, said Terry Moore, director of communications for the fairgrounds.

Louis Casiano studied journalism at the University of Houston, where he was a reporter for the Daily Cougar and interned at the Houston Chronicle covering crime and breaking news. After graduating, he interned at NBCNews.com covering news on the national desk. Most recently he worked at The Orange County Register's breaking news and public safety beats. In 2016, he covered the busy coastal cities of Costa Mesa and Newport Beach.